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Kotomora

纏

wear, wrap, tie, follow around, collect

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Readings

On'yomi

  • テン
  • デン

Kun'yomi

  • まつ.わる
  • まと.う
  • まと.める
  • まと.まる
  • まと.い

Meaning

纏 centers on gathering things together by winding or binding: wrapping, tying, wearing something wrapped, or collecting items into one bundle. The sense of following around extends this idea of staying closely attached.

Most common words using 纏

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  • 纏まるまとまる
    N3

    to find resolution; to be settled; to be agreed on; to be completed

  • 纏うまとう

    to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in

  • 纏まりまとまり
    N1

    unity; coherence; consistency; coordination; order

  • 纏まとい

    battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather

  • 取り纏めとりまとめ

    collecting; collection; collation; gathering; arrangement; coordination

  • 手纏たまき

    bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow)

  • 纏わるまつわる

    to coil around; to follow about

  • 纏わり付くまとわりつく

    to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to)

  • 半纏はんてん

    traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets

  • 纏足てんそく

    foot-binding

  • ねんねこ半纏ねんねこばんてん

    short, padded coat that covers someone and a baby on their back

  • 半纏木はんてんぼく

    tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera); tuliptree; yellow poplar

  • 印半纏しるしばんてん

    livery coat

  • 情緒纏綿じょうしょてんめん

    tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)

  • 纏いつくまといつく

    to entwine; to follow about

  • 纏まったまとまった

    large; heavy; massed; quite a lot; large amount; sizable (e.g. sum)

  • 纏めサイトまとめサイト

    summary site; aggregation site; type of site which features summaries of online discussion threads and blogs

  • 纏るまつる

    to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)

  • 纏綿てんめん

    entanglement; clinging affection; involvement

  • 纏縛てんばく

    binding firmly; restraining; restricting; confining; entangling

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Etymology

纏 combines 糸 (thread) with 廛, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of winding or binding. The thread radical reinforces the action of wrapping or tying with thread.

Meaning mnemonic

Thread 糸 on the left wraps around the complex right side 廛, like winding thread around a bundle to tie everything together. This bundling action captures wearing, wrapping, and collecting.

Reading mnemonic

For テン, imagine wrapping a bundle so tightly that it creates tension: ten-sion -> テン, and the thread holds everything together.